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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Eduard, Charlotte, and the captain speak of the concept of elective affinities?
(a) In terms of A, B, C, and D.
(b) In terms of men, women, children, and animals.
(c) In terms of apples, oranges, bananas, and pears.
(d) In terms of 1, 2, 3, and 4.

2. Who does the mistress of the house think has a more-than-average interest in Ottilie?
(a) A common peasant.
(b) The schoolmaster.
(c) The master of the estate.
(d) The male guest at the estate.

3. What is the general content of the postscript of the headmistress's letter to the mistress of the estate?
(a) Criticism of Ottilie.
(b) Praise for Charlotte.
(c) Praise for Maria.
(d) Criticism of Luciane.

4. What scientific subject becomes a main object of conversation between the hosts and their male guest?
(a) Certain affinities between natural objects.
(b) The evolution of plant and animal species.
(c) Astronomy and the movement of the solar system.
(d) Geology and its role in determining the location of mineral deposits.

5. What personal item does Eduard request Ottilie stop wearing?
(a) A handkerchief embroidered by Charlotte.
(b) A miniature portrait of her father.
(c) A shawl knitted by her mother.
(d) A pair of gloves in kid leather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What building do the companions find, with pleasure, that can easily hold all four of them?

2. What event does the captain suggest must be celebrated in a special manner?

3. Whose idea is it to place the pavilion in its precise future spot?

4. How did the master of the estate grow up?

5. How do Eduard and Ottilie unexpectedly prove their compatibility with one another?

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